'Once On This Island Jr.' free to attend

Now in its eighth year, In Good Company
Productions will perform "Once On This Island Jr." in Tonawanda at the Miller
Bandshell in Niawanda Park this summer.

All
performances start at 7 p.m. and are free to the public. The show dates are
Aug. 6, 7, 9, 13, 14 and 16. Bring a lawn chair and prepare to be entertained
by a cast of more than 80 performers.

Niagara-Wheatfield
residents, Andrew Zuccari, Dominic Ligammari, Grace and Claire Firzak, Olivia
and Allison Tober, Kennedy Miller, Amelia Andrews and Christie Faller will sing
and dance their way into your hearts with this poignant story and it's catchy
Caribbean-flavored score. In almost non-stop song and dance, the show tells the
story of Ti Moune, a peasant girl who rescues and falls in love with Daniel, a
wealthy boy from the other side of her island. After Daniel is returned to his
people, the fantastical gods who rule the island guide Ti Moune on a quest to
test the strength of her love against the powerful forces of prejudice, hatred
and death.

In
Good Company Productions is a local community theater group created to help
kids gain confidence through theater.